Furniture fixture



L. KEACHLER. FURNITURE FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED mac. I7, 192i.

1 42195 .Patentedsept. 5, 1922.,

I L e wis Keachler.

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Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

LEWIS KEAGI-ILEB, on rnitnnntrnra, rmvnsYL vANra; iassrenonfor one-HALFTo nonAos'raAYEn; or PHILADELPHIAPENNSYLVANIA.

runn rruan rrx'rnitnf Application"-fi1ed--Decembr 17, 1921.; Serial no.5233108; j :1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs tures and it hasmore particular reference to anovelform of fixture for connectingxtogether the ing chair, the primaryobject being to provide a fixture-of the characterreferred to' bereadily adapted-for use when v break between the legs and the L p a'leg'adapted to be secured to and supported whiclrmay repairing a rockerrail and by the use of which said parts may be reconnectedrinsecurerelation to each other. 1 p

Another object of this: invention {is toprovide, a fixture ofthe typereferred to which consists of an inverted U-shaped member provided withan integralenlargement having a threaded socket portion for thereception of the lower correspondingly threaded end of the chair leg,the rocker rail being adapted to seat snugly in the inverted U-shapedmember and be securely held therein, the unique manner of holding saidrocker rail in the inverted U- haped member comprising means whereby thestrain between said fixture and the rocker rail when the chair is in useis directed to the upper curved edge of the rocker rail and that portionof the' 85 fixture contacting therewith.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as will be more clearlyapparent from the following description my invention consistsessentially in the novel features of construction, combinations andarrangements of parts hereinafter fully described and more specificallydefined by the appended claim.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying sheet of drawings constituting a part of this specificationand in which like characters of reference designate the same orcorresponding parts in all the views.

Figurel is a fragmentary side elevation of portion of the rocker and anassociated leg said parts being connected together by my improvedfurniture fixture.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of my improved furniture fixture by itself;and,

Knaonnnn, a citizen of the: United States,.cresidingg at Philadelphia,in the county of Philadelphia" Pennsylvania, have invented Irocker'rail'v and" legs of. arock Figurexx is-a. transverse section ofthe same. M u

Referring more particularly to: the views it will be seen that myinvent-ionresides es= sentially in ,proi'riding a' fixture'of a character adapted'for connectingsavleg and rocker rail? of a rocking. chair"together :but primarily the purpose of this inventionis torailgthatis'torepair the breaking of the leg or tenonadjacentits pointof connection-with the rocker rail.

In the drawingsth'e .numeral' l designates afragrnentary portion of arocking chair rocker'rail and 5 lndicates the lower end-of bysaidrockerrail a. Ordinarily in the manufacture of. rockingv -Cll21lISt-l16legs are tenoned into1-the:rocker rail and it is at this point of.juncture between theleg-and rocker rail'thatawbreak invariably takesplacedue to undue st-ramsorweakness in the materials. from which saidparts: are

manufactured, To overcome this weakness and mainly provlde a means forrepairing a fracture or breakage between the leg 5 and the rocker rail 4I employ my novel connect- 6 which consists of an inverted ing fixtureU-shaped member 7 having an integrally formed threaded socket portion 8superposed thereon. x

The inverted U-shaped member 7 of the fixture 6 is formed with dependingside portions 9 spaced apart and integral with the bridge portion 10,said depending side members 9 having opposed openings-or holes 11therein fora purpose to be later on ex plained. The opposed inner facesofthe depending side members 9 are substantially parallel, whilst theunderface of the bridge portion 10 of the inverted-U-shaped memher is ofa curvature substantiallyconforming to the curvature of the upper edgeof the aforesaid. rocker rail 4:.

The hereinbefore mentioned socket portion 8 is integral withthebridgeportion 1.0

of the fixture and it is provided with a vertical threaded aperture 12therein. .In repairing or connecting together the leg 5 to the rockerrail 4: the lower portion of said leg 5 is threaded asat 13Figure 1toengage in the threaded socket 12 and thereby securely hold said leg inplace. The invertfurni'slra means: for repairing'abreak ordisconnection; between a leg and the rocker portion 10 of saidconnecting ed U-shaped portion of the connection fixture 6 is nextpositioned over the rocker rail 4 with the curved face of the bridgeportion 10 firmly seating on the upper edge of said rocker rail whilstthe side members 9 thereof embrace and snugly engage the side walls ofsaid rocker rail thereby preventing any transverse movement of the railwith respect to the fixture. In order to securely hold the rail 4 withrespect to the connecting fixture 6 I preferably employ a stud 14 havinga screw-threaded portion 15 intermediate its ends, said screw-threadedportion being firmly screwed into the rocker rail whilst the plainportions at the ends of said studs at are snugly journaled in thehereinbefore mentioned holes or apertures 11.

will be seen that the ends of the stud 15 being journaled as describedconstitute end bearings that support the rocker rail 5-in fixed relationrelative to the connecting fixture 6. Furthermore it will be readilyseen that with a connecting fixture of the character described that thestrain between the fixture 6 and the rail 4 is directed to the upperface of the rocker rail 4 and the bridge fixture, Whilst the journalingof the free ends of the stud 15 in the depending side members 9 of theinverted U-shaped portion 7 will relieve the side members 9 from anystrain.

Whilst there has been shown and described a preferred embodiment of myinvention itwill be apparent that the same is susceptible of slightchanges and variations bus it diate its" ends threaded opening whilstthe ends oi said tnres inthe side to accommodate it to difilerent sizesand patterns of rocking chairs and the right is hereby reserved to makesuchchanges or variations that fairly lie within the scope of theappended claim. I I

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

A furniture fixture of the character described for connecting a leg tothe rocker rail of a rocking chair, said rocker rail having atransversely threaded hole therein, said fixture comprising an invertedU shaped member having an integrally formed threaded socket adapted toreceive the correspondingly threaded end of the aforesaid leg, saidinverted Ushaped member being formed with spaced depending side membersintegral with a bridge portion. and said bridge portion having alongitudinal. curveture on its underfaee conforming to the curvature ofthe rocker rail, opposed apertures in the side members adapted toregister with the threaded opening in the rocker rail, and a stud havinga threaded portion intermefor insertion in the aforesaid tobe'journaled'in the aperportions of the inverted U-shaped member, andthe curved inner face of the bridge portion thereof being adapted toseaton the upper curved face of the rocker rail. i

In testimony whereof'l afiix my signature.

I LE /VIS KEACHLER.

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